Regional News

(Trinidad Guardian) MP for Pointe-A-Pierre David Lee has called the recent shutdown of four Point Lisas plants a regional embarrassment.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaican Bar Association is questioning the validity of the amendments to the Constitution, which will increase the retirement age of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) and the Auditor General (AuG) to 65 years and allow for the extension of their contract to 70 years.

(Jamaica Observer) A St Catherine man has been hit with several charges following the robbery of a motor vehicle in Old Harbour Road, Spanish Town, St Catherine on Monday, July 17.

(Trinidad Express) Cellphone jammers inside the country’s prisons are not enough to stop criminals behind bars from sending messages to others on the outside.

by Asha Javeed  Lead Editor Investigations  asha.javeed@guardian.co.tt  (Trinidad Guardian) NiQuan Energy is facing a cash crunch challenge.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Nicolas Petro, son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, has been arrested as part of an investigation into money laundering and illicit enrichment, the attorney general’s office said early yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Woodside Energy on Fridaynight confirmed that it had to shut in (close off) its offshore operations in the country as a precaution following an incident on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Horrified relatives say the charred remains discovered in an outhouse in Maraval on Thursday are those of their loved one Anastacia Waldron.

(Trinidad Guardian) Horrified relatives say the charred remains discovered in an outhouse in Maraval on Thursday are those of their loved one Anastacia Waldron.

(Trinidad Express) Woodside Energy last night confirmed that it had to shut in (close off) its offshore operations in the country as a precaution following an incident on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) flights in and out of Piarco International Airport were temporarily delayed yesterday afternoon.

WASHINGTON/LONDON,  (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said yesterday that it has reached a staff-level agreement with Argentina to unlock about $7.5 billion and complete the fifth and sixth reviews of the struggling country’s $44 billion loan program.

(Reuters) – The U.S. State Department yesterday ordered non-emergency government personnel and family members to leave Haiti as soon as possible, citing “kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and poor health care infrastructure.”

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peruvian President Dina Boluarte said yesterday she would request expanded legislative powers and is open to reshaping a historically unpopular Congress as protesters renewed their demands for her to stand down.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador yesterday pushed back against estimates made this week about the strength of Mexican drug cartels by the top U.S.

 (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department yesterday ordered non-emergency government personnel and family members to leave Haiti as soon as possible, citing “kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and poor health care infrastructure.”

(Reuters) – Representatives from various African and Caribbean entities joined forces at a historic event this week in the capital of Barbados, Bridgetown, to demand reparations for slavery and its legacy in today’s society.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombian police have seized property and bank accounts worth 1.3 trillion pesos ($329 million), proceeds from the sale and export of stolen crude oil, officials said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) After spending 14 years in prison, six men have been freed of murdering a man from East Dry River, Port-of-Spain.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – The chief executive officer of Mexican state energy oil Pemex yesterday sought to downplay an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico this month, saying it was quickly fixed and less serious than academics had calculated.